Eclipsed, Starring Oscar Winner Lupita Nyong’o, Extends Before Opening Off-Broadway

Unsurprisingly, Lupita Nyong’o is proving to be a hot ticket! The New York premiere of Eclipsed, headlined by the Oscar winner, will extend through November 15; the off-Broadway limited engagement had previously been set to run through November 8. Directed by Liesl Tommy and penned by Danai Gurira, the production will begin previews on September 29 and officially open on October 14 at the Public Theater's LuEsther Theater.

Amid the chaos of the Liberian Civil War, the captive wives of a rebel officer band together to form a fragile community—until the balance of their lives is upset by the arrival of a new girl. Drawing on reserves of wit and compassion, Eclipsed reveals distinct women who must discover their own means of survival in this deeply felt portrait of women finding and testing their own strength in a hostile world of horrors not of their own making.

The cast will also include Saycon Sengbloh, Pascale Armand, Akosua Busia and Zainab Jah.